WIST Quotations

McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)

Dave — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:55:55 +0000

Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1963)
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Cox, Marcelene -- “Ask Any Woman” column, Ladies’ Home Journal (1950-12)

Dave — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:20:17 +0000

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there’s the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.

Marcelene Cox (1900-1998) American writer, columnist, aphorist
“Ask Any Woman” column, Ladies’ Home Journal (1950-12)
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Rooney, Andy -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:19:51 +0000

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.

Andy Rooney (1919-2011) American journalist, commentator, author
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Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 121 (1732)

Dave — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:53:45 +0000

A Friend, that you buy with Presents, will be bought from you.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 121 (1732)
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